The guest list also included former vice-president Md Hamid Ansari and former president Pratibha Patil.

Former President Pranab Mukherjee at Congress President Rahul Gandhi's Iftar party in New Delhi. (Photo: Twitter | @INCIndia)

New Delhi: After two years, the Congress today hosted an Iftar party in Delhi. Party president Rahul Gandhi hosted the Iftar party where politicians from the opposition attended. Former President Pranab Mukherjee was also among the attendees at Rahul Gandhi's Iftar party after reports surfaced that he was not invited.

The guest list also included former vice-president Md Hamid Ansari and former president Pratibha Patil.

For Rahul Gandhi, this was the first occasion to host an Iftar party after he took charge as Congress president. The party did not hold Iftar party, which marks the customary breaking of the day-long fast in the holy month of Ramzaan, during the past two years. The last Iftar party hosted by was in 2015.

The function will be held at the Taj Palace Hotel in New Delhi.

The Congress tweeted a video of the Iftar party where party chief Rahul Gandhi is seen with former President of India Pranab Mukherjee and Pratibha Patil. They are seen talking and having dinner.